Soap-holder



P. K. WILLIAMS.

SOAP HOLDER- APPLICATION FILED MAR.20. 1919.

,i 1,331,549. Patented Feb. 24, 19 20.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP K. WILLIAMS, or GLASTQIIBURY, oonnnc'rrcn'r, nssrenon rro 'rnn J. B. W LLIAMS COMRANY, F e es'noNBUnv, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or connno'rlonr.

SOAP-HOLDER.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

To all whom it mag concern: 7

Be it known that 1, PHILIP TVI'LLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Glastonbury, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, havei-nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, in general, to holders for bars of soap and the like, such for instance as shaving sticks, and has as one of its objects to provide a holder which will permit of all the shaving stick being used up, thus entirely avoiding all waste, and which may 'be readily and quickly refilled with a new stick of soap after an old stick has been entirely utilized.

A further object of the invention is to make certain improvements in the structure disclosed in the patent to 'F. Riensenberg, Patent No. 1,194,427, dated August 15, 1916, and which improvements will be more par ticularly pointed out in the following description of my invention.

The above and other objects of my invention are obtained in the structure described in the following detailed description, and illustrated in accompanying drawings, and wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken centrally ft'hroug'h the holder, the soap medium being shown in elevation.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view with the parts shown in separated position, a portion of the soap medium and the supporting member or base being in section for the purpose of clearness.

Referring in detail to the drawings,

designates a soap medium supporting member' or base, having, in the present illustrative disclosure, at each end a plain, flat surface against which is fitted the plain, flat end surfaces of the stic'ksof soap 11. Suitable means is interposed between the abutting fiat surfaces of the soap and base so as to firmly unite the same, and this securing means indicated by the heavy black line 12 in Fig. 2, may be of-anv material which will readily wear away, such as paraffin. In securing the sticks of soap or the like to :the base, the paraffin is brought to a proper heat, the end surfaces of the base and stick dipped into the parafiin and then the parts are butted together under a slight pressure until theparalfin'hardens. This provides a very strong attachment between the parts, amply suflicient to withstand ordinary use to which a soap medium of this sort is subjected. The base 10 is formed of some relatively cheap material which may be readily and quickly fashioned into shape, preferably wood being used for this purpose, so that the cost of these bases is so eXtremellx low as to be almost negligible and thus,

after .the soap stick, or sticks, attached to the same have been used up, the old base may be discarded without entailing any appreciable waste and a new base substituted in its place.

The body portion of the holder is for-med of two parts so constructed as to detachabl'y receive the base or block 10, and these parts are readily connected and disconnected when the holder is to be refilled. In the drawings '1 have shown the body portion of the holder as comprising two rings, 13 and 14, and the construction is such that when these rings are secured together an internal groove 15 is provided which is adapted to receive a circumferential rib 16 on the base 10; It is of course evident that with slight changes, the positions of the groove and rib may be reversed. The rings 13 and ll are adapted to be slipped over the free end of the sticks of soap and onto the opposite ends of the block 10. The two parts of the body portion may be secured together in any suitable manner, but in the present instance I have shown the rings as having complementaiw screw threads 17.

The numerals l8 designate caps or covers which fitorer the sticks of soap l1, and the open ends of these covers detachably receive the opposite ends of the body portion of the holder. For the purpose of illustration I have shown the caps as having, adjacent to their open ends, internal threads which. receive the external threads 19 .on the rings 18 and :14. For the purpose of preventing the rings 13 and 1 1 from being unscrewed from each other when the caps are un screwed from the rings, the threads l'l' run in one direction, right-handed, for instance, and the threads 19 run in the other direction, that is, left-handed.

It will be noted from the drawings that :the length of the rings '13 and 14 is such that when they are secured about the base 10, the opposite ends of this base extend slightly beyond the ends of the rings and the purpose of this arangement is to permit the soap to be entirely worn away so that there is no wastage of the soap whatsoever.

When it is desired to apply soap to the face byrubbing the same thereon, one of the caps 18 may be removed and the exposed soap medium applied, the other cap serv ng as a handle of substantial size, permitting the ready manipulation of the holder and at the same'time this latter cap protects that end of the shaving stick which is not in use from exposure and handling.

When the soap medium at one end of the base 10 has been entirely used up, that is when the flat face of the base 10 has become exposed, the cap at the unused end of the stick may be removed andrthe cap covering the used end of the stick employed as a handle. lVhen both the soap sticks have been completely used up, the two parts 13 and 14 of the body portion of the holder may be readily detached from each other and thespent'base 10 removed, and a new stick substituted in its place. The substitution of a new stick is quickly and readily accomplished and the bases are of ex tremely simple construction, are formed of some cheap material which is easily fashioned into shape, are devoid of screw threads and the like requiring expensive operations, and do not require great care in their manufacture, so that the cost of the bases is hardly appreciable and therefore they may be discarded without constituting waste.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I 110w consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is only illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out by other' 7 means.

What I claim is r 1. A soap holder comprising a base to which a soap medium is secured, a body portion adapted to be detachably secured to said base and composed of two parts detachably connected together, and a cap inclosing the soap medium and detachably engaging said body portion.

2. A soap holder comprising a base to which a soap medium is secured, a body portion comprising two parts, interlocking means on the base and body portion, means for detachably securing together the two partsof the body portion, a cap inclosing the soap medium, and means for detachably securing'the cap-to the body portion.

3. A soap holder comprising a cylindrical base having a face against which the end surface of 'a soap medium abuts, securing means interposed between said abutting sur faces, a bodyportion detachably receiving said base with the face of the base extendring,

ing a circumferential rib and'a face against which a soap medium abuts, securing means mterposed between said abutting faces, a

body portion composed of two members encircling the base and locking said rib there between, said body portion terminating short of said face of the. base, .means for detachably securing the two members of the body portion in position, and a cap inclosing the soap medium and detachably connected. to said body portion.

5. A soap holder comprising a base to the opposite ends of which a soap medium is secured, a two-part holding ring, the parts of which are detachably secured together about said base, and a cap for each of said soap mediums and engagablewith opposite endsof said ring.-

6. A soap holder comprising 'a base to the opposite ends of which a soap medium is secured, a bodyportion comprising two rings, interlocking means on said base and body portion, means for detachablysecuring'said rings together about said base, a cap inclosing the soap medium at each end of said-base, and meansoneach ring for receiving the open ends of said caps.

. 7. A soap holder comprising a base having a faceat each end and against each of which faces the end surface of a soap medium abuts, securing-means interposed between said abutting surfaces, a two-part ring encircling andholding said base with the ends of said base 'extending'beyond said means for detachably securing the parts of said ring together, and a cap for inclosing each of said soap mediums and receiving opposite ends of said ring.

8. A soap holder comprising a base having a face against which the end surface of a soap medium abuts, securing means interposed between said abutting faces, a body portion detachably receiving said base, and

a cap inclosing the soap medium and detachably engaging. said body portion.

9. A soap holder comprising a base, means .for securing a soap medium thereto,-a body portion adapted to be detachablys'ecured to said base and composed ofa plurality of parts detachablyconnected together, and'a cap inclosing the soap medium and detachably engaging said body portion.

g PHILIP K. WILLIAMS. 

